Bust support



T. M. NEGRI BUST SUPPORT `Filed aan. 25, 1921 lg. Fly-2 Patent duly 22, i324.

atrae are TERESINA A NEGRI, OF PARIS, FRANCE..

BUST SUPPORT.

.application mea January 25, 1921. serial ne. 439,835.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, TEREsINA MARIA NEGRI, subject of the Kingdom of Italy, residing at Paris, in the Republic of France, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bust Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is a breast sup porter, the particular characteristic of which is that it enables the breasts to be kept in proper position, in consequence ot the `suitable constitution of the said supporter which is made to measure and forces the breasts to fit respectively into the two pockets which it forms without the assistance of any whale bone or any strengthening band, but simply by the fitting together by means of flattened seams and stitching of three pieces of woven fabric suitably cut and forming respectively halves of the breast supporter, symmetrically in relation to the middle of the chest.

The accompanying drawing illustrates by way of example the preferred method of making a breast supporter in accordance with the invention Fig. 1 is a front view of a breast supporter on a woman.

Fig. 2 is a second and back view thereof on the same woman.

Fig. 3 shows the shape O f one of the two back pieces of woven fabric.

Fig. 4 shows the shape of one of the two upper front pieces of fabric.

Finally, Fig. 5 shows the shape of one of thetwo lower frontlpiece's of fabric.

As shown in the drawing, the breast supporter according to the invention comprises two halves symmetrical in relation to the 40 middle of the chest and joined together by a tlattenedeam and stitched along a central vertical line D C G.' Starting from this seam line each half comprises three ieces 2, 3, 4, joined together by liattene and stitched seams 5, 6. The upper and lower pieces 2 and 3 constitute the front part of each half of. the' breast-supporter, whilst the piece 4 constitutes the part below .the arm-pit and at the back, said piece 4 end- 5@ ing either in an indiarubber band with buttons 7, or in" a piece of fabric 8- forming buttonholes and sewed to the piece 4 according as the right or left half of the breast-l,

supporter is formed, thus constituting the back fastening in the middle ofthe back.

The bottom edge 'G H of the front lower piece 2 is cut straight, whilst the upper edges A B and B C are cut upon the bias.

The bottom edge 'A B of the lfront upper piece 3 from the'arm-pit to the top of the 60 breast at B is straight, whilst the edge B C is cut upon the bias.

Owing tor the manner in which the upper edges A B, B C of the piece 2 and the corresponding lower edges of the piece 3 are 65 cut, these two pieces once joined together by the flattened and stitched seam A B C form a pocket which has the proper form of the breast and into which this latter lits.

The bottom edge H K of the third orrear piece 4 is straight as well as the side edge H F thereof, which has such a height that it may be sewn to the corresponding edges H A and A F of the two preceding or front pieces 2 and 3. This rear piece 4 is cut so 75 as to free theI backas much as desired and, as stated above, has an india-rubber band either with buttons 7, or button-holes 8.

A shoulder strap 13 is lixed at the tops E and I of the pieces 3 and 4. 80 The bottom edges K H and H G being straight, the article cannot have any extension ,at the bottom whereby it perfectly fits on the bust; the fabric being straightfrom point J to point B, the article is not susceptible of any horizontal extension neither in the back nor from under the armpit to the top of the breast at B; on the contrary, the edges'B C of both pieces 2 and 3 being cut upon the bias, both breast pocket-s 90 are adapted to be expanded towards the middle of the chest, whereby each 'of the breasts is not only forced upwardly but also laterally maintained.

This breast-supporter which has no whalebone or strengthening band is extremely light and can be made of any fabric, preferably tulle in which case it will be nearly invisible. 'f

Having now described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A breast-supporter comprising on the one hand, two breast pockets each of which is formed by the combination of two front ,105

fabric pieces extending from the middle of the chest to the armpit: a lower front piece having a bottom edge cut straight and two upper edges cut-upon the bias and an upperI front piece having a bottom edge cut straight 117 and sewn to the one of said two upper edges f 'of the lower front piece which is remote from'the middle of the chest and a side edge out upon the'bias and. sewn to the other of said two upper edges of the lower front piece, and on the other hand two back fabric pieces, each extending from the armpit to the middle of the back, each having a bottom edge eut straight, a side edge under the armpit sewn to the adjacent side edges of the two said front pieces and another side edge at the-back provided with fastening 10 means, and two shoulder straps fixed each at thetop of one of the back pieces and of the corresponding upper front piece.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speeication. i

` TERESINA MARIA NEGRI. 

